Bahrain’s FM tells ToI he hopes ‘to visit Israel, when it’s all open, peaceful’

Interview’We’ll encourage the Palestinians…but we can’t force them’ Meet Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, who wants Israelis to understand Bahrain and vice versa, and wonders ‘What’s so surprising?’ about his support for Israel’s right to defend itself By Raphael Ahren Today, 1:36 pm Raphael Ahren is the diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel.   MANAMA, Bahrain […]

Iran said to be short of uranium limit but expected to reach it by weekend

Anonymous diplomats say Tehran will not cross threshold on Thursday as Islamic Republic claimed, but with production rate of roughly a kilo a day, will get there in coming days By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 1:58 pm   A technician at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the […]

France’s Macron to ask Trump to drop some Iran sanctions to help talks

TOKYO (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will try to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend some sanctions on Iran to allow for negotiations to de-escalate the crisis in the region. “I want to convince Trump that it is in his interest to re-open a negotiation process (and) go back […]

Gog and Magog Heating Up? Russia clarifies it Will Side with Iran Against the US and Israel

By David Sidman June 26, 2019 , 9:59 am Turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog Ezekiel 38:1 (The Israel Bible™) US Troops (Image by Shutterstock) Russia’s chief national security adviser, Nikolai Patrushev, defended Iran ‘s claims during a trilateral meeting with his Israeli and American counterparts in Jerusalem on Tuesday. He clarified […]

Trump, Putin to meet amid Iran tensions

The meeting comes as Russia says that it will begin deliveries of its S-400 system to Turkey in July and complete the process by the end of the year. Seth J. Frantzman June 27, 2019 11:51 US President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Osaka during the G20. The meeting […]

WHEN WE STUMBLE

How to Deal With Sin After Salvation By Charles F. Stanley Eternal security is the work of God in Christ that guarantees that the gift of salvation once received by faith is possessed forever and cannot be lost. Many people believe they are basically good, but according to the Lord’s standard, we are all sinners, and no one is good enough to be accepted into heaven. Good deeds can’t save us, and they won’t keep us saved. Although sin no longer fits our new identity in Christ, we’ll still sin at times. However, when we understand the biblical doctrine of …

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“Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” 1 Corinthians 7:20

Some persons have the foolish notion that the only way in which they can live for God is by becoming ministers, missionaries, or Bible women. Alas! how many would be shut out from any opportunity of magnifying the Most High if this were the case. Beloved, it is not office, it is earnestness; it is not position, it is grace which will enable us to glorify God. God is most surely glorified in that cobbler’s stall, where the godly worker, as he plies the awl, sings of the Saviour’s love, aye, glorified far more than in many a prebendal stall …

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SpaceIL cancels Beresheet 2 for more “significant challenge”

Following Israel’s failure to land on the Moon, SpaceIL announces it will not conduct the same mission; SpaceIL: A similar voyage to the Moon would not set the required threshold for a breakthrough mission, and therefore it has been decided to seek a more significant challenge. Israel’s SpaceIL, which recently attempted to land a spacecraft […]

Palestinians hang Trump in effigy in protests against Bahrain summit – report

There was also a poster in the picture that said, “Despicable Trump, your talk is like your urine. Shut up,” the report discovered. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 27, 2019 10:52   2 minute read. Palestinians part of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement published pictures on Facebook of their protest in Bethlehem against the Bahrain summit […]

Fears Return Over German Chancellor Merkel’s Well-Being as She Appears Shaking Again

Speculation about Angela Merkel’s health issues began flying around after she was seen trembling at a welcoming ceremony for Ukraine’s newly-minted president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Berlin last week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared shaky again as she attended an official ceremony to appoint a new justice minister in Berlin on Thursday. Standing alongside President Frank-Walter […]

Iran warns U.S. of stronger reaction if its borders violated again

Published:  06.27.19 ,   Iran warned the United States on Thursday against violation of its borders, with parliament speaker Ali Larijani threatening a stronger reaction, a week after Tehran shot down an American drone that spiked tension between the countries.   “The downing of their drone was a good experience for them to avoid any […]

Fatah deputy: Some Arab countries stabbed us in the back in Bahrain

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s deputy in Fatah responded, Thursday morning, to the just-concluded economic workshop in Bahrain by saying “Some Arab countries stabbed us in the back,” according to the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation. The deputy added, “We do not understand this being dragged as a herd after the Americans.”

Hezbollah sees U.S. war on Iran as unlikely-report

Published:  06.27.19   The Iran-backed Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah believes a U.S. war on Iran is unlikely for reasons including Iran’s strong defensive capabilities, Hezbollah’s deputy leader said in an interview published on Thursday.   Sheikh Naim Qassem told Lebanon’s al-Joumhouria newspaper U.S. President Donald Trump “does not need war”.   “He does not benefit […]

Greenblatt on Israel: I haven’t found anything to criticize that goes over the line

“We cannot create a comprehensive peace deal unless we have a Palestinian voice that represents all Palestinians,” the US Special Envoy told i24 News Ilanit Chernick June 27, 2019 09:43 US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt has not found anything to When asked about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on annexing the West Bank he said […]